Confessions of a Fanboy

Overload!  Overload!  I woke up this morning with so many things I wanted to listen to and I had trouble pulling the trigger on any one of them.  I also woke up this morning with a headache, so that complicates things.
During the “after hours” portion of the B-Sides Concept Album program from last night, [...]

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Welcome to the dawn of a temporary obsession…How quickly the day the day can change, eh?  We began with the life affirming title We Love Life — not to be confused with actual life affirmations — but the descent into something darker has already begun because This is Hardcore.I should have known I’d never be [...]

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There are some songs and albums that are good as doorways to the new day and others that aren’t.  It’s not easy to have a good day if you begin it with Elliott Smith or Alice in Chains.  I love them both, but neither are likely to set you off on the right path at [...]

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It’s a sunny, cool, crisp fall day in Alabama, the morning after our first freeze of the season. Where our friends in the northeast have been peeping at leaves afire with the colors of fall for months, it’s only now beginning to look like fall where I live.
I’ve been dabbling with Radiohead’s In Rainbows [...]

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I was very late to the Pulp party, to the point where I am only now buying their proper albums. I have been listening to This is Hardcore and We Love Life over and over. I recently got a copy of the UK-only solo album from frontman Jarvis Cocker, Jarvis as well as Pulp’s Different [...]

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The daily scorecard of what I listened to, provided as a public service. See anything you like? Anything you’ve forgotten? What did you listen to?
Girlfriend | Sweet, Matthew | Time Capsule|The Best Of Matthew Sweet 1990-2000
Today | The Smashing Pumpkins | Greatest Hits|Smashing Pumpkins
Creep | Radiohead | Pablo Honey
Ansaphone [Demo] | Pulp [...]

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More news from the world of my iPod!
We already covered where I started this morning: Deftones, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, and Zwan. The day got a little more varied as things went along: Radiohead, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, and then I set one of my ’90s playlists on random and a lot [...]

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In the months leading up to the formation of this site, I went on an importing binge and bought all the Pulp re-issues. I started with This is Hardcore and moved my way forward and back.
His ‘N’ Hers joined me for the commute this morning. It’s a little glammier and more New Wave [...]

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